We, ThreadShop, a Company formed as per the laws of India having its registered office at Cherukunnu Kannur, Kerala, India – 670301, have created this privacy policy to ensure the protection and security of information, willingly uploaded by you, on our Website www.threadshop.in (‘Website’). For optimization of your interaction with the Website, we may need to collect, and in very specific circumstances, as mentioned below, disclose certain information about you. To help you understand how your privacy is protected, We provide this notice explaining Our information collection and disclosure policies, along with how the choices You make on the Website can filter the way Your information is collected and used. 

ANY CAPITALIZED WORDS USED HENCEFORTH SHALL HAVE THE MEANING ACCORDED TO THEM UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. FURTHER, ALL HEADING USED HEREIN ARE ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ARRANGING THE VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT IN ANY MANNER. NEITHER THE USER NOR THE CREATORS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY MAY USE THE HEADING TO INTERPRET THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED WITHIN IT IN ANY MANNER.

1.  DEFINITIONS:

(a)  “We”, “Our”, “Us”,  “the Company” And “ThreadShop” shall mean and refer to the creators of this privacy policy.

(b)  “You”, “Your”, “Yourself” and “User” shall mean and refer to natural and legal individuals who use the Website

(c)   “Personal Information” shall mean and refer to any personally identifiable information that We may collect from You.

(d)  “Third Parties” refer to any Website, company or individual apart from the User and the creator of the Website.

Maintaining your trust is our top priority, so we adhere to the following principles to protect your privacy:

a.  We protect your personal information and will only provide it to third parties: (1) with your consent; (2) where it is necessary to carry out your instructions; (3) as reasonably necessary in order to provide our features and functionality to you; (4) when we reasonably believe it is required by law, subpoena or other legal processes; or (5) as necessary to enforce our User Agreement or protect the rights, property, or safety of the Website, our Members and the public.

b.  We have implemented appropriate security safeguards designed to protect your information in accordance with industry standards.

This Privacy Policy applies to all user interactions made with the Website. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. However, if and when these changes are made, a notice will be issued to You via email or by such other means necessary. Upon this update of the Privacy Policy, you are given the ability to review the changes before you continue to use our services on the Website (‘Services’). If you object to any changes, you may close your account. Continuing to use our Services after we publish or communicate a notice about any changes to this Privacy Policy means that you are consenting to the changes.

2.  OVERVIEW:

We are committed to respecting Your online privacy. We further recognize Your need for appropriate protection and management of any Personal Information You share with us.

Our Privacy Policy applies to any Registered Member or Visitor. We collect information when you use our Services to offer you a personalized experience relevant to you, including your use of the Website.

We collect your personal information in the following ways:

THREADSHOP MEMBERS

In order to use the services of this Website, you must register. You can do so by providing certain information, this information includes, but is not limited to, the following: Name, Address, Phone Number, Email ID

REGISTRATION

To create an account on the Website, you must provide us with the information stated in the previous clause and agree to our Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy, which governs how we treat your information. You may be required to provide additional information during the registration flow (for example, your postal code, job title, and company) to help you build your profile and to provide you with more customized services (for example, updates and content).

Further, You understand that, by creating an account, we and others will be able to identify you by your ThreadShop profile.

We take the preservation of your privacy very seriously. We collect information uploaded by you when you use our Website or other Services as a registered member. The collection of this information is completely private. We will only use the information collected on the Website for the optimization of the members' use of the Website. For example, we may collect information when you perform a search or view content on the platform.

3.  COOKIES:

“Cookies” are small files situated on Your electronic device’s disk storage that assists Us in providing customised services. A cookie helps us analyse your preferences by, for example, recording the number of times you have used the Website, and helping us in tailoring our services to suit your interests. Further, there are certain features of the Website that are available only through the use of a “cookie”. These “cookies” may be used whether You register on the Website or not. However, a “cookie” does not give Us access to your device.

4.  EXTERNAL LINKS ON THE WEBSITE:

The Website may include advertisements hyperlinks to other websites, Websites, content or resources. We have no control over such external links present on the Website, which are provided by persons or companies other than Us.

You acknowledge and agree that We are not responsible for any collection or disclosure of your Personal Information by any external sites, Websites, companies or persons, nor do We endorse any advertising, products or other material on or available from such external Websites or resources.

You further acknowledge and agree that We are not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by You as a result of the collection and/or disclosure of Your personal information by external Websites, sites or resources, or as a result of any reliance placed by You on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any advertising, products or other materials on, or available from such Websites, websites or resources. These external Websites and resource providers may have their own privacy policies governing the collection, storage, retention and disclosure of Your Personal Information that You may be subject to. We recommend that You enter the external Website or website and review their privacy policy.

We allow registered advertisers to display advertisements when you use the Website.

5.  OUR USE OF YOUR INFORMATION AND YOUR CONSENT:

The information provided by You at the time of registration shall be used to contact You when necessary. For more details about the nature of such communications, please refer to Our Terms of Service. Further, Your personal data and Sensitive Personal Information may be collected and stored by Us for internal record. We use Your tracking information such as IP addresses to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information. Such information collected from you may also be stored in servers located outside of India. In case We are acquired by or merged with another company, We shall transfer information disclosed by You and information about You to the company we are acquired by or merged with. In the event of a merger or acquisition, We shall notify You by email or by putting a prominent notice on the Website before Your Personal Information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

Communications: We communicate with you through email, notices posted on the Website, and other means available through the Services, including push notifications. Examples of these communications include: (1) welcome and engagement communications - informing you about how to best use our Services, new features, updates, etc.; (2) service communications - these will cover service availability, security, and other issues about the functioning of our Services. Please be aware that you cannot opt-out of receiving service messages from us.

Consent: The personal information that you provide to us may reveal or allow others to identify aspects of your life that are not expressly stated on your profile (for example, your picture or your name may reveal your gender). By providing personal information to us when you create or update your account and profile, you are expressly and voluntarily accepting the terms and conditions of our Terms of Service and freely accepting and agreeing to our processing of your personal information in ways set out by this Privacy Policy. Supplying to us any information deemed “sensitive” by applicable law is entirely voluntary on your part. You can withdraw or modify your consent to our collection and processing of the information you provide at any time, in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service, by changing your account settings on your profile on the Website or by closing your ThreadShop account. 

6.  CUSTOMISATION OF  CONTENT

We use information and content that you and other Members provide to us to conduct research and development for the improvement of our Services in order to provide you and other Members and Visitors with a better, more intuitive experience and drive membership growth and engagement on our Services.

We also customize your experience and the experiences of others on our Services. 

7.  SHARING INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES

We don’t provide any of your non-public information (like your email address) to third parties without your consent, unless required by law, or as described in this Policy.

We do not rent or sell personal information that you have posted on our Services, except as described in this Privacy Policy. We will not disclose personal information that is not published to your profile or generated through engagement with our other services, except to carry out your instructions (for example, to process payment information) or unless we have your separate consent, unless we have a good faith belief that disclosure is permitted by law or is reasonably necessary to: (1) comply with a legal requirement or process, including, but not limited to, civil and criminal subpoenas, court orders or other compulsory disclosures; (2) enforce this Privacy Policy or our User Agreement; (3) respond to claims of a violation of the rights of third parties; (4) respond to Member service inquiries; or (5) protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our Services, our Members, Visitors, or the public. See Section 9 for additional details about our compliance with legal requests for information.

Also, after having shared your information with the Website, you can easily share content from our Services to these third-party services, in accordance with your account settings (which you may change at any time) and the respective policies of these third parties. Further, we allow third parties to look up profile information (subject to your privacy settings) using your email address or first and last name information through its profile API.

Third parties (for example, your email provider) may give you the option to upload certain information in your contacts stored with us onto their own service. If you choose to share your contacts in this way, you will be granting your third party provider the right to store, access, disclose and use your contacts in the ways described in such third party's terms and privacy policy.

8.  SEARCH

You can search all the products that the Website lists as deliverables.

9.  COMPLIANCE WITH LEGAL PROCESS AND OTHER DISCLOSURES

It is possible that we may need to disclose personal information, profile information, or information about your activities as a member when required by law, subpoena, or other legal processes, whether in India or other jurisdictions, or if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to (1) investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities or to assist government enforcement agencies; (2) enforce the User Agreement, investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations, or protect the security or integrity of our Service; or (3) exercise or protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, personnel, or others. We attempt to notify Members about legal demands for their personal information when appropriate in our judgment unless prohibited by law or court order or when the request is an emergency. In light of our principles, we may dispute such demands when we believe, at our discretion, that the requests are overbroad, vague or lack proper authority, but do not commit to challenge every demand. 

10.DISCLOSURES TO OTHERS AS THE RESULT OF A CHANGE IN CONTROL OR SALE OF THREADSHOP

We may also disclose your personal information to a third party as part of a sale of the assets of the Company, a subsidiary, or division, or as the result of a change in control of the company or one of its affiliates, or in preparation for any of these events. Any third party to which we transfer or sells our assets will have the right to continue to use the personal and other information that you provide to us in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy. 

11.  SERVICE PROVIDERS

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Services (e.g. maintenance, analysis, audit, marketing and development). These third parties have limited access to your information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated to the Company not to disclose or use it for other purposes. 

12. DATA PROCESSING OUTSIDE YOUR COUNTRY

We may transfer your information and process it outside your country of residence, wherever the Company, its affiliates and service providers operate.

13.USER CHOICES

a.  Rights to Access, Correct, or Delete Your Information, and Closing Your Account: You have a right to (1) access, modify, correct, or delete your personal information controlled by the Company regarding your profile, (2) change or remove your personal and private content, and (3) close your account. In order to close your account, you will have to email the Company stating the same. If you close your account, and you want your information deleted immediately, you may send us an email asking for your information to be specifically deleted.

Please note Information you have shared with others (for example, through email, updates, or content sharing) or that others have copied may also remain visible after you have closed your account or deleted the information from your own profile. In addition, you may not be able to access, correct, or eliminate any information about you that other Members copied or exported out of our Services, because this information may not be in our control. Stated here, that any interactions made by a Member, on content posted by another Member, shall be inaccessible if such other member deletes such content or terminates his ThreadShop account.

Data Retention: We retain the personal information you provide while your account is in existence or as needed to provide you services. We may retain your personal information even after you have closed your account if retention is reasonably necessary to comply with our legal obligations, meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes between members, prevent fraud and abuse, or enforce this Privacy Policy and our User Agreement. We may retain personal information, for a limited period, if requested by law enforcement.

14.  SECURITY:

We treat data as an asset that must be protected against loss and unauthorised access. We employ many different security techniques to protect such data from unauthorised access by members inside and outside the company. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the Personal Information submitted to Us and the information that we have accessed. However, “perfect security” does not exist on the Internet. You, therefore, agree that any security breaches beyond the control of Our standard security procedures are at Your sole risk and discretion.

15.  INDEMNITY:

You agree and undertake to indemnify us against any suit or dispute by any Third Party arising out of disclosure of Personal Information by You to Third Parties either through Our Website, or otherwise and Your use and access of websites, applications and resources of Third Parties. We assume no liability for any actions of Third Parties with regard to Your Personal Information, which You may have disclosed to such Third Parties.

16.  SEVERABILITY:

Each paragraph of this privacy policy shall be and remain separate from and independent of and severable from all and any other paragraphs herein except where otherwise expressly indicated or indicated by the context of the agreement. The decision or declaration that one or more of the paragraphs are null and void shall not affect the remaining paragraphs of this privacy policy.

17.  AMENDMENT:

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make significant changes in the way we treat your personal information, or to the Privacy Policy, we will provide notice to you on the Services or by some other means, such as email. Please review the changes carefully. If you agree to the changes, simply continue to use our Services. If you object to any of the changes to our terms and you no longer wish to use our Services, you may close your account. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account. Using our Services after a notice of changes has been communicated to you or published on our Services shall constitute consent to the changed terms or practices. 

18.  DISCLAIMER:

We cannot ensure that all of Your private communications and other personal information shall never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. Therefore, although We are committed to protecting Your privacy, We do not promise, and You should not expect, that Your personal information shall always remain private. As a User of the Website, You understand and agree that You assume all responsibility and risk for Your use of the Website, the internet generally, and the documents You post or access and for Your conduct on and off the Website.